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41#
 楼主| 发表于 2008-1-10 22:39:00 | 只看该作者

01.09号作业

最难题 OG SC-72
Architects and stonemasons, huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya without benefit of the wheel or animal transport.
(A) huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya without benefit of the wheel or animal transport
(B) without the benefits of animal transport or the wheel, huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya
(C) the Maya built huge palace and temple clusters without the benefit of animal transport or the wheel
(D) there were built, without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport, huge palace and temple clusters by the Maya
(E) were the Maya who, without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport, built huge palace and temple clusters
错选的E项,语法上并没有错误,但常识上说不过去。正确答案C,Architects and stonemasons,修饰the Maya,也可以将它们看作是同位语。

疑问题 OG CR-35
The technological conservatism of bicycle manufacturers is a reflection of the kinds of demand they are trying to meet. The only cyclists seriously interested in innovation and willing to pay for it are bicycle racers. Therefore, innovation in bicycle technology is limited by what authorities will accept as standard for purposes of competition in bicycle races.
Which of the following is an assumption made in drawing the conclusion above?

(A) The market for cheap, traditional bicycles cannot expand unless the market for high-performance competition bicycles expands.
(B) High-performance bicycles are likely to be improved more as a result of technological innovations developed in small workshops than as a result of technological innovations developed in major manufacturing concerns.
(C) Bicycle racers do not generate a strong demand for innovations that fall outside what is officially recognized as standard for purposes of competition.
(D) The technological conservatism of bicycle manufacturers results primarily from their desire to manufacture a product that can be sold without being altered to suit different national markets.
(E) The authorities who set standards for high-performance bicycle racing do not keep informed about innovative bicycle design.
没有注意这题说的仅仅是自行车技术之革新,考虑太多,错选了A

阅读 OG RC-11
第一次做的时候,the researchers dismissed demographic bias because older individuals were not overrepresented in the fossil samples 就没理解透彻,后来有队友帮我解答了,没想到又做错了

42#
 楼主| 发表于 2008-1-10 22:47:00 | 只看该作者

01.10号作业

最难题 OG SC-83
Most state constitutions now mandate that the state budget be balanced each year.
(A) mandate that the state budget be balanced
(B) mandate the state budget to be balanced
(C) mandate that the state budget will be balanced
(D) have a mandate for a balanced state budget
(E) have a mandate to balance the state budge
错选了E,又是一个语法没有错误,但没有正确答案A简洁的选项。

疑问题 OG CR-45
Fewer families lose their houses because of major disasters such as fire or flood than because of a wage earner’s illness that results in death or disability. Yet, whereas most mortgage companies require borrowers to carry insurance to protect against major disasters, they do not require insurance to protect against the death or disability of a wage earner.
Which of the following, if true, would contribute most to an explanation of the difference in insurance requirements?

A)Some people are less aware of tragedies caused by major disasters than of those caused by the death or disability of a wage earner.
B)Many people are made uncomfortable by having to consider the possibility of their own death or disability or that of a family member.
C)Few wage earners are insured by their employers against a temporary loss of income resulting from disability.
D)The value of a property to a mortgage company is not affected by the death or disability of a wage earner.
E)Insuring against major disasters can be more costly than insuring against death or disability.
看了OG的解释后,觉得很简单,对逻辑题的把握还是比较次

阅读 OG RC-18
错选了C。题干是问,1840年的调查中提供了以下哪组数目。根据原文,1840的调查给出了一家之主的名字,其他的家庭成员则被统计到各个社会项目中(包括职业项目)。然后作者又举了Farm的例子,说一个Farm中的所有成员都看作一个整体。所以Farm这个职业的个体人数,1840年的调查并未给出。答案B排除了Farm的具体人数,所以正确。

43#
 楼主| 发表于 2008-1-10 22:52:00 | 只看该作者

OG11黄本的SC马上就要做完了,这两天会每天布置逻辑30题,改错10题,估计15号能结束OG第一遍复习,然后会抽一天晚上,组织大家对第一遍复习进行在线讨论,然后就进入SC单项突破。

大家请把这一周的作业整理好,复制到一个WORD文档上,周末会抽查作业。请假的队友忙完后,请把落下的作业补上。

谢谢大家对学习小组的支持!

44#
发表于 2008-1-11 01:01:00 | 只看该作者

01.09作业

SC: 未统计

CR: 做了两题, 正确率50%, 每题耗时3分钟

RC: 正确率2/3;  11分钟

 

疑问题

SC

51  The Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the pugnacious states of the Greek world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival’s month.

(A) world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival’s month

(B) world, proclaiming a sacred truce during the festival’s month

(C) world when they proclaimed a sacred truce for the festival month

(D) world, for a sacred truce was proclaimed during the month of the festival

(E) world by proclamation of a sacred truce that was for the month of the festival

 

B     It is not clear who would be doing the proclaiming, a clause is preferable o a phrase here

B解释说不知道谁做了这个proclaiming, 看来CD论坛, 有以下两种解释可以接受.

1.       现在分词做定语可以表伴随或者结果, 这里显然是原因, 所以B不对.

2.       接受ETS的说法, 当不知道主语是谁时, 倾向于使用从句表示.

白先生说过, 当作伴随状态时, 其逻辑主语就是前面的主语. 这里没有不清楚的问题. 那为什么OG会说谁做这个动作不清楚呢?

68  Many people have a disinclination to recognize the weakness of their analytical skills while willing to admit their lack of computer skills or other technical skills

E选项的解释

Have a disinclination is wordy (the verb disinclined is preferred) and, when followed by while willing, creates an incomplete construction

While 后面跟的willing是形容词, 而不是动词? 正确的应该是while they have a willing, 或者 while have a willing或者是 while having a willing?

69   that的从句的并列, that不能省略, 为什么?

A report by the American
                            Academy
for the Advancement of Science has concluded that much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes from the incineration of wastes.

(A) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes

(B) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins that North Americans are exposed to come

(C) much of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and that North Americans are exposed to comes

(D) many of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and North Americans are exposed to come

(E) many of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed come

D选项的解释:That are is wordy and awkward, and if this construction were to be used, to maintain the parallel,
                            that
would have to be repeated in the clause that North Americans are exposed to

错误题

OG RC 14

错选了C.  看到E, 没有回读原文, 认为E是理所当然的正确选项, 因为原文中有这么一句:” The basements of museums are simply not large enough to store the artifacts that are likely to be discovered in the future.”这句话后面又讲museum没有钱登记这些东西, 那就感觉和E的意思差不多. E是说这些复制品在数量上经常会超过已经存录在册的, 所以认为E对了.

现在看,还是没有觉出E错在哪里了. 是不是因为后面这段说的不是复制品呢?

C原文也提到了, 还是在有转折词的地方Theoretically…Practically…,所以C是绝对不该选的.

CR 22

22   In Asia, where palm trees are nonnative, the trees’ flowers have traditionally been pollinated by hand, which has kept palm fruit productivity unnaturally low. When weevils known to be efficient pollinators of palm flowers were introduced into Asia in 1980, palm fruit productivity increased—by up to 50 percent in some areas—but then decreased sharply in 1984.

Which of the following statements, if true, would best explain the 1984 decrease in productivity?

(A) Prices for palm fruit fell between 1980 and 1984 following the rise in production and a concurrent fall in demand.

(B) Imported trees are often more productive than native trees because the imported ones have left behind their pests and diseases in their native lands.

(C) Rapid increases in productivity tend to deplete trees of nutrients needed for the development of the fruit‑producing female flowers.

(D) The weevil population in Asia remained at approximately the same level between 1980 and 1984.

(E) Prior to 1980 another species of insect pollinated the Asian palm trees, but not as efficiently as the species of weevil that was introduced in 1980.

错的不知所以. 做的时候想到了供求关系, 84年前产量过大, 产品没有要, 所以到了84年价格下降, 产量降低这个是不是想偏了? 这么想的思路上的问题在哪里? 各位指正.

01.09作业

SC: 未统计

CR: 做了两题, 正确率50%, 每题耗时3分钟

RC: 正确率2/3;  11分钟

 

疑问题

SC

51  The Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the pugnacious states of the Greek world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival’s month.

(A) world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival’s month

(B) world, proclaiming a sacred truce during the festival’s month

(C) world when they proclaimed a sacred truce for the festival month

(D) world, for a sacred truce was proclaimed during the month of the festival

(E) world by proclamation of a sacred truce that was for the month of the festival

 

B     It is not clear who would be doing the proclaiming, a clause is preferable o a phrase here

B解释说不知道谁做了这个proclaiming, 看来CD论坛, 有以下两种解释可以接受.

1.       现在分词做定语可以表伴随或者结果, 这里显然是原因, 所以B不对.

2.       接受ETS的说法, 当不知道主语是谁时, 倾向于使用从句表示.

白先生说过, 当作伴随状态时, 其逻辑主语就是前面的主语. 这里没有不清楚的问题. 那为什么OG会说谁做这个动作不清楚呢?

68  Many people have a disinclination to recognize the weakness of their analytical skills while willing to admit their lack of computer skills or other technical skills

E选项的解释

Have a disinclination is wordy (the verb disinclined is preferred) and, when followed by while willing, creates an incomplete construction

While 后面跟的willing是形容词, 而不是动词? 正确的应该是while they have a willing, 或者 while have a willing或者是 while having a willing?

69   that的从句的并列, that不能省略, 为什么?

A report by the American
                Academy
for the Advancement of Science has concluded that much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes from the incineration of wastes.

(A) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes

(B) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins that North Americans are exposed to come

(C) much of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and that North Americans are exposed to comes

(D) many of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and North Americans are exposed to come

(E) many of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed come

D选项的解释:That are is wordy and awkward, and if this construction were to be used, to maintain the parallel,
                that
would have to be repeated in the clause that North Americans are exposed to

错误题

OG RC 14

错选了C.  看到E, 没有回读原文, 认为E是理所当然的正确选项, 因为原文中有这么一句:” The basements of museums are simply not large enough to store the artifacts that are likely to be discovered in the future.”这句话后面又讲museum没有钱登记这些东西, 那就感觉和E的意思差不多. E是说这些复制品在数量上经常会超过已经存录在册的, 所以认为E对了.

现在看,还是没有觉出E错在哪里了. 是不是因为后面这段说的不是复制品呢?

C原文也提到了, 还是在有转折词的地方Theoretically…Practically…,所以C是绝对不该选的.

CR 22

22   In Asia, where palm trees are nonnative, the trees’ flowers have traditionally been pollinated by hand, which has kept palm fruit productivity unnaturally low. When weevils known to be efficient pollinators of palm flowers were introduced into Asia in 1980, palm fruit productivity increased—by up to 50 percent in some areas—but then decreased sharply in 1984.

Which of the following statements, if true, would best explain the 1984 decrease in productivity?

(A) Prices for palm fruit fell between 1980 and 1984 following the rise in production and a concurrent fall in demand.

(B) Imported trees are often more productive than native trees because the imported ones have left behind their pests and diseases in their native lands.

(C) Rapid increases in productivity tend to deplete trees of nutrients needed for the development of the fruit‑producing female flowers.

(D) The weevil population in Asia remained at approximately the same level between 1980 and 1984.

(E) Prior to 1980 another species of insect pollinated the Asian palm trees, but not as efficiently as the species of weevil that was introduced in 1980.

错的不知所以. 做的时候想到了供求关系, 84年前产量过大, 产品没有要, 所以到了84年价格下降, 产量降低这个是不是想偏了? 这么想的思路上的问题在哪里? 各位指正.

45#
发表于 2008-1-11 01:36:00 | 只看该作者

01.10作业

SC: 未统计

RC: , 时间13分钟; 我的速度啊….

CR: 4道题, 8 分钟,  50%

疑问题

SC

总结:

92 关于that的省略

Despite protests from some waste-disposal companies, state health officials have ordered the levels of bacteria in seawater at popular beaches to be measured and that the results be published.

(A) the levels of bacteria in seawater at popular beaches to be measured and that the results be

(B) that seawater at popular beaches should be measured for their levels of bacteria, with the results being

(C) the measure of levels of bacteria in seawater at popular beaches and the results to be

(D) seawater measured at popular beaches for levels of bacteria, with their results

(E) that the levels of bacteria in seawater at popular beaches be measured and the results

OG的解释:

The statements ordered the levels ... to be measured and the results to be published and ordered that the levels ... be measured and (that understood) the results be published are equally correct. In the second example, it is not necessary to repeat that or be.

这里that可以被省略, 回头看69D选项(9号作业), 那里的that不能被省略, 这两个有什么区别么?? 这里是并列, 那里也是并列啊.

 

98 C是不是有个问题没有被指出来?就是with在修饰谁?most of the Monument Valley Anasazi还是other clans.

C带入原句:

most of the Monument Valley Anasazi abandoned their homes to join other clans with less limitations on water access.

 

错误题

OG CR 43

43  Which of the following best completes the passage below?

The computer industry’s estimate that it loses millions of dollars when users illegally copy programs without paying for them is greatly exaggerated. Most of the illegal copying is done by people with no serious interest in the programs. Thus, the loss to the industry is quite small, because

(A) many users who illegally copy programs never find any use for them

(B) most people who illegally copy programs would not purchase them even if purchasing them were the only way to obtain them

(C) even if the computer industry received all the revenue it claims to be losing, it would still be experiencing financial difficulties

(D) the total market value of all illegal copies is low in comparison to the total revenue of the computer industry

(E) the number of programs that are frequently copied illegally is low in comparison to the number of programs available for sale

我选了A. 是不是我想多了? 很多用户买了软件后发现没有用, 那他就不会买, 那这部分用户的使用就不应该算作损失, 所以我选了A. 这种思路错在哪里了?

44
            
In the last decade there has been a significant decrease in coffee consumption. During this same time, there has been increasing publicity about the caffeine in coffee’s adverse long-term effects on health. Therefore, the decrease in coffee consumption must have been caused by consumers’ awareness of the harmful effects of caffeine.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the explanation above?

(A) On average, people consume 30 percent less coffee today than they did 10 years ago.

(B) Heavy coffee drinkers may have mild withdrawal symptoms, such as headaches, for a day or so after significantly decreasing their coffee consumption.

(C) Sales of specialty types of coffee have held steady as sales of regular brands have declined.

(D) The consumption of fruit juices and caffeine-free herbal teas has increased over the past decade.

(E) Coffee prices increased steadily in the past decade because of unusually severe frosts in coffee-growing nations.

这个题我选了C, 我的思路是有一个品牌销量不变就说明咖啡因有害的想法站不住脚.

没有选E是因为我想这个虫害不会持续10年这么久吧呵呵, 晕了

这种反驳题, 我的想法是找个反例(比如C), 但是答案是给出另外一个解释. 是不是找反例错了?

46#
发表于 2008-1-11 14:40:00 | 只看该作者

1.10 作业

1.完成情况:SC 18/30; CR 8/ 10; RC 4/5

疑问题:

SC 83.
                
Most state constitutions now mandate that the state budget be balanced each year.

(A) mandate that the state budget be balanced

(B) mandate the state budget to be balanced

(C) mandate that the state budget will be balanced

(D) have a mandate for a balanced state budget

(E) have a mandate to balance the state budget

I thought that mandate is a noun. So I chose E.

 

SC  100.          Bihar is India’s poorest state, with an annual per capita income of $111, lower than in the most impoverished countries of the world.

(A) lower than in

(B) lower than that of

(C) and lower than that of

(D) which is lower than in

(E) which is lower than it is in

I thought the sentence should be x is lower than y, before the word lower, it can’t use a comma. I chose D.

 

CR  48.            Some anthropologists study modern-day societies of foragers in an effort to learn about our ancient ancestors who were also foragers. A flaw in this strategy is that forager societies are extremely varied. Indeed, any forager society with which anthropologists are familiar has had considerable contact with modern, non-forager societies.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the criticism made above of the anthropologists’ strategy?

(A) All forager societies throughout history have had a number of important features in common that are absent from other types of societies.

(B) Most ancient forager societies either dissolved or made a transition to another way of life.

(C) All anthropologists study one kind or another of modern-day society.

(D) Many anthropologists who study modern-day forager societies do not draw inferences about ancient societies on the basis of their studies.

(E) Even those modern-day forager societies that have not had significant contact with modern societies are importantly different from ancient forager societies.

 

I didn’t understand this question. I chose E.

 

 

47#
 楼主| 发表于 2008-1-11 17:59:00 | 只看该作者

01.11号作业

最难题 OG SC-119
The decision by one of the nation’s largest banks to admit to $3 billion in potential losses on foreign loans could mean less lending by commercial banks to developing countries and increasing the pressure on multigovernment lenders to supply the funds.
(A) increasing the pressure
(B) the increasing pressure
(C) increased pressure
(D) the pressure increased
(E) the pressure increasing
受到ing的迷惑,以为此题强调的是压力增大这个过程,错选了A,实际上,less(adj.)+lending(n.)与increased(adj.)+pressure(n.)对称。顺便问一句,选项B在语法上是不是没有错误,只是形式上不对称而已?

疑问题 OG CR-68
When hypnotized subjects are told that they are deaf and are then asked whether they can hear the hypnotist, they reply, “No.” Some theorists try to explain this result by arguing that the selves of hypnotized subjects are dissociated into separate parts, and that the part that is deaf is dissociated from the part that replies.
Which of the following challenges indicates the most serious weakness in the attempted explanation described above?
(A) Why does the part that replies not answer, “Yes”?
(B) Why are the observed facts in need of any special explanation?
(C) Why do the subjects appear to accept the hypnotist’s suggestion that they are deaf?
(D) Why do hypnotized subjects all respond the same way in the situation described?
(E) Why are the separate parts of the self the same for all subjects?
这题整得挺玄乎的,用自己的下意识去选了A,对是对了,但讲不清理由,请教一下。

阅读 OG RC21-26
第一段提出新老现象的对比,然后拿VCR举例,一直在用两个公司做比较。总的来说,这篇文章比较好理解。

 

48#
 楼主| 发表于 2008-1-11 18:09:00 | 只看该作者
Heaus的作业好详细,这样的学习过程肯定很踏实
49#
发表于 2008-1-11 20:29:00 | 只看该作者

01.10作业 --这几天重感冒,作业提交晚了,不好意思

SC:  39min, 错误率 15/30, 还是一半
    

CR: 错误率 3/10, 未计时 
    

RC: 09号已经完成
    

 

CR的错误多数由于没有仔细看清问题,做题时应做到快速,细心才行.

难题 SC-102

102.
                        
Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives, capitalized on her keen observation and love of the natural world.

(A) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives,

(B) In her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives, Beatrix Potter

(C) In her book illustrations, which she carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter

(D) Carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations

(E) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinated them with her narratives and

答案是C. 总结:两个修饰主语的短句,不能让谓语分得过开,同时还应注意分句的逻辑主语

SC-105和此考点类似,因此我又做错了

CR的错误多数由于没有仔细看清问题,做题时应做到快速,细心才行.

难题 SC-102

102.
                
Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives, capitalized on her keen observation and love of the natural world.

(A) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives,

(B) In her book illustrations, carefully coordinating them with her narratives, Beatrix Potter

(C) In her book illustrations, which she carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter

(D) Carefully coordinated with her narratives, Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations

(E) Beatrix Potter, in her book illustrations, carefully coordinated them with her narratives and

答案是C. 总结:两个修饰主语的短句,不能让谓语分得过开,同时还应注意分句的逻辑主语

SC-105和此考点类似,因此我又做错了

SC-103

103.
                    
The development of a new jumbo rocket that is expected to carry the United States into its next phase of space exploration will be able to deliver a heavier load of instruments into orbit than the space shuttle and at a lower cost.

(A) The development of a new jumbo rocket that is expected to carry the United States into its next phase of space exploration will be able to deliver a heavier load of instruments into orbit than the space shuttle and at a lower cost.

(B) The development of a new jumbo rocket is expected to carry the United States into its next phase of space exploration and be able to deliver a heavier load of instruments into orbit at a lower cost than the space shuttle.

(C) The new development of a jumbo rocket, which is expected to carry the United States into its next phase of space exploration, will be able to deliver a heavier load of instruments into orbit at a lower cost than the space shuttle.

(D) A newly developed jumbo rocket, which is expected to carry the United States into its next phase of space exploration, will be able to deliver a heavier load of instruments into orbit than the space shuttle can, and at a lower cost.

(E) A newly developed jumbo rocket, which is expected to carry the United States into its next phase of space exploration, will be able to deliver a heavier load of instruments into orbit than the space shuttle and to cost less.

答案是D,总结:对句子的结构一定要把握清楚.当各部分过于复杂时,先简化找出主谓,看清比较的对象

其他一些错误则是出于看到答案,就觉得怎么这么简单的也会错.--估计也是属于知识不够牢固吧.SC仍要花大力气总结!!

50#
发表于 2008-1-12 00:19:00 | 只看该作者

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